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There's a nymph (it would be a nymph after all) in the Land of the Linnorm Kings with this name. Is this a joke name or just a happy accident? Had a good laugh.
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There's a nymph (it would be a nymph after all) in the Land of the Linnorm Kings with this name. Is this a joke name or just a happy accident? Had a good laugh.
Oh... lame. That's an accident.
Normally I'm pretty good at catching the names that are easy to make fun of or sound like something they're not. That one slipped by me though.
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There's a nymph (it would be a nymph after all) in the Land of the Linnorm Kings with this name. Is this a joke name or just a happy accident? Had a good laugh.Oh... lame. That's an accident.
Normally I'm pretty good at catching the names that are easy to make fun of or sound like something they're not. That one slipped by me though.
But hey, if something's gonna get through, at least it's a funny something. You know, not like racist or something.
But hey, if something's gonna get through, at least it's a funny something. You know, not like racist or something.
For sure, lol.
I love it - it's like a Bond girl name. Or maybe something from Austin Powers.
LOL
I love it - it's like a Bond girl name. Or maybe something from Austin Powers.
Definitely a James Bond girl.
A player of mine recently pointed out that Jubilost Narthropple, the gnome explorer from Kingmaker Chapter 2 also seems to be suffering from Funny-Name-Syndrome. I hadn't even noticed that.
There's a nymph (it would be a nymph after all) in the Land of the Linnorm Kings with this name. Is this a joke name or just a happy accident? Had a good laugh.
She lives in Sinep tower.
A player of mine recently pointed out that Jubilost Narthropple, the gnome explorer from Kingmaker Chapter 2 also seems to be suffering from Funny-Name-Syndrome. I hadn't even noticed that.
I get the impression that generally gnomes are supposed to have funny names.
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I don't have it yet, but assuming you're serious, James has some crow to eat...And we can write off the happy accident theory.There's a nymph (it would be a nymph after all) in the Land of the Linnorm Kings with this name. Is this a joke name or just a happy accident? Had a good laugh.She lives in Sinep tower.
She does not.
Funny Story Moment: I went back and looked at the original turnover to find out who wrote that section so that I could send them a terse email about tricking the developers with silly names, and lo and behold the nymph in the author's turnover doesn't have a name. So... I can get on his case for not naming a character, but the fact of the matter is that the one who DID give this nymph her name, alas...
...was me.
Which vexes me something terrible. And it just goes to show you—make sure to say your NPC names OUT LOUD before you commit to them. Even better, write them down and give the names to your wittiest and most filthy-midned friends and ask them to make fun of the names to make sure it's good to go.
If I ever have a kid, I shudder to think of the horrors high school will visit upon that poor thing due to the fact that I named him or her something like Poopbreath.
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If it makes you feel any better, I would never have noticed anything strange about her name if it wasn't for this thread :)
My players still refer to a horribly evil archfiend in one of my campaigns as "Hello Kitty" because of how his name is spelled. Sigh.
Alas, years of forums, digg, and reddit have warped my brain on how to read names and text in general. Most normal people will never catch it. :)
After having named so many PCs and NPCs, do you think would be tough to name your own kid ? (Serious question).
There is no find & replace in real life. (Well, not without a name change and a lot of hoop jumping.)
Not like she's an Ulfen, though.